Taiwan’s Presidential Office held its 2021 New Year’s flag-raising ceremony on Friday morning. Most years, people are allowed to attend the flag-raising ceremony. However, organizers closed this year’s event to all but an invited few as a pandemic precaution. Instead, organizers streamed the ceremony online.
President Donald J. Trump formally signed the US federal government's Consolidated Appropriations Act for the 2021 fiscal year on December 27 (US EST), which includes the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 and also authorizes US$3 million for the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF).
Taiwan-Australia ties are going from strength to strength on the back of close cooperation in an array of areas benefiting the people of both sides, Vice President Lai Ching-te said Dec. 16.
President Tsai Ing-wen recently responded to written questions submitted by the Cornell Law Forum, sharing Taiwan’s success in preventing the spread of COVID-19 with the international community.
President Tsai Ing-wen was invited by the Hudson Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DC, to deliver remarks at 8:00 a.m. this morning (December 10 local time; December 9, 7:00 p.m. US EST) at their virtual year-end celebration.
The World Masters Games 2025 will be held in Taiwan. President Tsai Ing-wen delivered an address today at the virtual press conference for the contract signing, jointly held by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) and the governments of host cities Taipei City and New Taipei City. President Tsai affirmed that Taiwan aims to host the most successful ever World Masters Games, and will do its utmost to realize the ideal of “Sport for All.”
President Tsai Ing-wen marked Human Rights Day on December 10 by addressing the 2020 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award ceremony via video at the invitation of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD). She congratulated the award winner the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), headquartered in Australia, and emphasized that Taiwan is determined to play a more proactive role in promoting international human rights.
President Tsai Ing-wen was invited by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to deliver an address via video at 5:00 a.m. this morning (December 9 local time; December 8, 4:00 p.m. US EST) at the 2020 NDI Celebration of Democracy Gala.
While attending the opening ceremony of the 2020 Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue on the morning of December 8, President Tsai Ing-wen stated that in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan is ready and prepared to help those in need.
President Tsai Ing-wen said Dec. 5 that Taiwan has made significant progress in bolstering human rights while promoting transitional justice, underscoring the government’s commitment to safeguarding freedom and democracy while redressing judicial wrongs.
